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How to Detest God_Part 3

I said earlier the 'first time’ I gave both my middle fingers to God, which means there have been more occasions of me doing the action of blasphemy. I’m not proud of this, but I can’t count them on one hand but two. As I aggressively poked the air with my middle finger(s), I either internally shouted ‘f*ck you’ or replaced the swear with an external scream that sounded like that from a wild animal in great agony. Some of these occasions were when I was overwhelmed with negative emotions over my failed attempts at redemption—redemption for the missed opportunity to study in America, that is. I kept applying for graduate programmes and scholarships, and it took a few years for me to finally procure both a place in a master’s programme of my choice and a scholarship that covered most of the expenses needed. Some other times that I resorted to the profane outburst, having failed to contain my anger and misery, were when my mum gave me a hard time with her verbal attacks during my prol
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About Hyukin Michaela Kwon

Hyukin Michaela Kwon is a creative writer based in South Korea.

She is the winner of the 2023 BBC World Service and British Council International Radio Playwriting Competition, English as a Second Language category, for her play Steady Eyes.

She holds an MSc in Global Media and Communications from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Master of Literature in Communication from Fudan University in Shanghai.

She completed the International Year Abroad Programme at Middlesex University. After studying theatre arts for an academic term, she successfully finished a work placement in West End theatre productions as a design assistant.

She graduated from Korea National University of Arts with a BA in filmmaking. She wrote and directed several short films, two of which were made in Japanese and Chinese, respectively.

She served as the Korean representative scriptwriter/director for the ASEAN-ROK Independent Cinema Project. After completing a month-long screenwriting workshop in the Philippines, she wrote and directed the short film The Rice Thief. It became part of the feature-length anthology film, which was screened at the Busan International Film Festival.

By winning the Mixed Genre Performance Contest, she wrote and directed the musical Speed-Maniac Santa and Red-Nosed Dolf, which was staged at Korea National University of Arts and received a highly positive audience response.

She was a Korean delegate for the ASEAN+ROK Youth Artists Exchange Programme held in Singapore.

She has recently completed a stage play script that utilises holograms on stage in both Korean and English. Currently, she is writing a romantic comedy novel whilst publishing her creative essay series How to Be the Odd One Out on her blog.


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